Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

from asking, "How did

wasn't hard if you really

didn't sit right. Nate and I had been tearing the city apart

Lena more than the rest of us,"

coat sweeping dramatically behind him. Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got

me and pouted

her. "Guess it's true-after

jokes, shaking off

I said with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest.

giving Lena a worried glance. He seemed to realize

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Nate here, there wasn't

Plus, it gave Lena and Nate some

it,"

sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure she actually uses this." I winked at Lena

before they left, still fussing over Lena like moms

lucky Aaron was there. If not for him... Lena

I could only nod. Lucky,